Sectional shipping-case.



B. P. HALL.

SECTIONAL SHIPPING CASE. APPLICATION man Amma. 1917.

l ,61, l 23.. Patented Apr. 2, 1918,

"entre BURTON r. HALL, on rANWooD, NEW JnnsnY."

y sn'crIonAL SHIPPING-casa.

Specication of Letters Patent. i

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

Application file August 23, 1,917. Serial No. 187,905.

To aZZ whom t may concern:

lie it known `that I, BRTON P. HALn,-a citizen of the United States, residino Aat Fanwc-od,'in the county of Union and btate of New Jersey, have invented a new and usef-i'll Sectional Shipping-Case, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to improvements in shipping cases `made in sections, and it consists in the vnovel features hereinafter more fully described. j

The objects of my improvement are:` i First: To provide a shipping case, which may be readily assembled from-its elements, and which may just as readily be taken apart and returned to the sender, if need he, in small bulk. Y

Second: To produce a shipping case, consisting of detachable elements, whichv may be assembled into sections of any size or into any number of sections.

Third: To have said sectional shipping case simple, durable and inexpensive.

l attain these objects by the article illustrated in the accompanying drawings or by any mechanical equivalent or obvious moditlcation of the same.

1n the drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of my shipping case consisting of a single section, with the lside plates omitted for the sake of clearness.

Fig. 2 is an end view or projection of said case shown with the side plates, and omitting the fastenings of the same.

Fig. 3 is a top view or plan of said case, omitting the side plates.

Fig. 4 is a view of my shipping case consisting of more than one section, showing one of the side plates of the case, and omitting the other side plate.

Fig. 5 is an end view of the shipping case Vshown in Fig. 4.

Similar numerals and letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

11, 11 designate the base boards of the sections of my shipping case, whichV base boards are shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 5 as having each the transverse grooves or mortises 11a near each end and on the upper and lower sides thereof. Said base boards 11,11 are also shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 as having the sockets 11b for securin thereto any articles which are to be pac red for shipment, such as the bulb 14 and the sprinkler head l5.

The base boards 11 are shown in Figs. 1

and 4 as connected by the vertical struts 1:2, which have their upper and lower ends fitting into the corresponding transverse grooves 11a of said base boards 11.

The rectangular structure shown in Fig. 1

is completed into a case by fastening the verticalcovers or side plates 13 and 13a to said base boards 11 and struts 12 on both sides thereof, as shown in Fig. 2.

Either wood screws or any other suitable fastenings may be employed.

. l/Vhere more than one section of the case is to be used broadwise, as shown in Fig. .5, the cross ties 16 are employed to bind the adjacent sections together by means of the tongue on one side of each of said Aties fitting into the corresponding transverse grooves 11a of the base boards 1l on the outside of said sections of the case. To augnient the number of sections vertically, .additional base boards 11 and vertical struts 12 are added as shown in Fig. 4.

The case disclosed by both Figs. 4 and 5 consists ofv four sections. The number of sections may be larger or smaller, however, if desired.

The side plates 13b and 13C, shown in Fig. 5, are only larger in size, but otherwise they dont differ from the side plates 13 and 13a. The grooves 11a are shown as rectangular in cross-section; this serves to facilitate the assembling` and Collapsing of my shipping case.

Instead of Vemploying tapped sockets 11b for securing thereto the articles to be shipped, any other suitable means of attachment may be employed; some articles may even be packed loose, if desired.

The size and shape of all the elements of my sectional shipping case may be altered, if desired. 1 prefer not to employ any fastenings for connecting said struts 12 and ties 16 to said base boards 11, so as to be able readily to assemble the case and to take it apart again; the side plates only being secured to the other elements of my case; but, if desired, fastenings may also be ernployed for some or all of said elements, thereby realizing part of the advantages of the design of my shipping case.

Many other changes could be made in my shipping case within the scope of my invention.

I do not, therefore, restrict myself to the detailsof my shipping case, but l intend to include also all mechanical equivalents and CII reasonably obvious modifications of the same 'within the scope ot my invention.

hat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A collapsible shipping oase Comprising sets ot elements normally disunited and adapted to be assembled into adjacent seod to be fastened to said boards, struts and ties,

and thereby to keep said assembled sections from collapsing.

2. A collapsible shipping case comprising sets ot' elements normally disunited and adapted to be assembled into adJacent tiers of sections, each set of said elements comprising three or more base boards adapted to be placed in parallel positions one above the other, said base boards having transverse grooves near their ends on opposite sides thereof,` struts adapted to fit at their ends into the grooves on the sides of said base boards corresponding tothe inside of the Vassembled case, said struts being adapted to be placed between the successive base boards,

cross-ties having tongues adapted toiit the grooves on the sides oi said base boards corresponding to the outside of the assembled case, said ties being adapted to extend across the adjacent tiers otl sections oi the assembled case from side to side thereof, and side plates adapted to befastened to said boards, struts and ties and thereby to keep said assembled tiers of sections from collapsing.

BURTON l). PIALL.

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Washington, D. C. 

